Jonah
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After two friends photograph a gigantic fish, Zanzibar becomes a tourist hotspot—but not like they dreamed.
“A filmmaker poised to shape the nature of storytelling moving forward.”
Short of the Week
Did you know?
- Daniel Kaluuya went on to earn an Oscar nomination for Get Out and win for Judas and the Black Messiah
- Malachi Kirby later won a BAFTA for Small Axe
- Jack Thorne won two Emmys for Adolescence
- Kibwe Tavares went on to make iconic ads, executive produce Noughts & Crosses, and co-direct Netflix UK’s number-one film The Kitchen with Kaluuya
Fresh eyes from outside Africa can be helpful, as long as they’re not the dominant gaze we internalise. Even when they get the accents wrong.
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Tanzania | English | Kibwe Tavares | East Africa | Short of the Week | 15-30 min | Drama | Short Films